Foreign News: Pathos at Blenheim

At Blenheim Palace the Tories last week held their biggest rally since
the 1945 Labor victory. The palace, a huge pile of yellowed brown and
grey stone given by a grateful Parliament to the first Duke of
Marlborough, loomed impressively amid the green of flawlessly kept
lawns, woods, pastures and ponds. The afternoon was perfect, with just
a touch of cloud, wind and rain to make it true to England. Into the
green expanse spilled some 60,000 Britons (at 50¢ for the general
public, 30¢ for Conservative Party members). For their entertainment
there...